ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379338
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| Date: | Monday 4 June 1984 |
| Time: | 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9801V |
| MSN: | 17264509 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1683 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mt. Pleasant, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PLT WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. HE SUSPECTED A CARBURETOR PROBLEM BECAUSE OF RECENT PROBLEMS. HE USED THE PRIMER, AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE RESPONDED MOMENTARILY. SUBSEQUENT, THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON SOFT TERRAIN WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. PREVIOUSLY, THE CARBURETOR HAD BEEN LEAKING & WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, IT BEGAN LEAKING AGAIN. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE CARBURETOR FLOAT WAS STICKING & THE REPAIR COULD WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT SCHEDULED ANNUAL INSPECTION WHICH WAS DUE IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI84LA217
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 2014 | N9801V | Wings Inc | 0 | South Bend Airport (KSBN), South Bend, Indiana | |
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| 31-Mar-2024 18:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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